TY - JOUR
T1 - Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9, an n = 2 ruddlesden-popper phase
T2 - Synthesis and properties
AU - Whaley, Louis W.
AU - Lobanov, Maxim V.
AU - Sheptyakov, Denis
AU - Croft, Mark
AU - Ramanujachary, Kandalam V.
AU - Lofland, Samuel
AU - Stephens, Peter W.
AU - Her, Jae Hyuk
AU - Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf
AU - Rossell, Marta
AU - Greenblatt, Martha
PY - 2006/7/25
Y1 - 2006/7/25
N2 - In a systematic search for an oxygen-stoichiometric phase, Sr 3(FeMo)O 7, in a range of iron-to-molybdenum ratios greater than 1:1 that typically give phase mixtures, we have found an n = 2 Ruddlesden-Popper phase, Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9, as supported by synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (SPXD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM), and powder neutron diffraction (PND) results. By SPXD, this oxygen-deficient, B-site disordered, two-dimensional analogue of Sr 2FeMoO 6 adopts tetragonal I4/mmm symmetry (a = b = 3.92449(5) Å; c = 20.3423(3) A) with vacancies at the O(1) oxygen site and with a composition that refines to a nominal stoichiometry Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9. The two-phase SPXD refinement includes Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9 (95.7%) and a double-perovskite (DP) intergrowth, Sr 2FeMoO 6 (4.3%), consistent with HREM studies in which DP intergrowths but no individual DP grains were found. The G-type antiferromagnetically (AFM)-ordered structure of the phase, with the magnetic cell a m = √2a ∼ 5.548 Å, c m = c ∼ 20.35 Å, derived from PND data, displays a saturated moment of 2.17(1) μ B at 9 K and an asynchronous decrease of the in-plane component of the Fe/Mo moment (μ xy), with respect to the out-of-plane moment (μ Z) upon increasing temperature from 9 K up to the Neel temperature, T N ∼ 150 K. No structural transitions were observed over the entire temperature range studied: from 1.5 to 500 K. The temperature-dependent resistivity is consistent with Efros-Shklovskii variable-range hopping, applicable to two ranges of temperature (189K < T < 210 K, and 250 K < T < 280 K), with a metallic-like upturn at ∼280 K and a low room-temperature resistivity (ρ RT ∼ 3 μΩ·cm). A small negative magnetoresistance is observed (∼2.5%) at 5 T near the ordering temperature (∼150 K). The temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility shows an inflection between 125 and 150 K, consistent with the AFM ordering temperature (∼150 K) observed by PND. X-ray near-edge spectroscopy data are consistent with formal charges of Fe 3+ and Mo 5+. These properties are comparable to those found for Sr 3FeMoO 7-δ in our and other laboratories, except for the surprisingly low ρ RT and the asynchronous temperature-dependent changes of μ xy and μ z at higher ordering temperature, which are unique to Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9.
AB - In a systematic search for an oxygen-stoichiometric phase, Sr 3(FeMo)O 7, in a range of iron-to-molybdenum ratios greater than 1:1 that typically give phase mixtures, we have found an n = 2 Ruddlesden-Popper phase, Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9, as supported by synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (SPXD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM), and powder neutron diffraction (PND) results. By SPXD, this oxygen-deficient, B-site disordered, two-dimensional analogue of Sr 2FeMoO 6 adopts tetragonal I4/mmm symmetry (a = b = 3.92449(5) Å; c = 20.3423(3) A) with vacancies at the O(1) oxygen site and with a composition that refines to a nominal stoichiometry Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9. The two-phase SPXD refinement includes Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9 (95.7%) and a double-perovskite (DP) intergrowth, Sr 2FeMoO 6 (4.3%), consistent with HREM studies in which DP intergrowths but no individual DP grains were found. The G-type antiferromagnetically (AFM)-ordered structure of the phase, with the magnetic cell a m = √2a ∼ 5.548 Å, c m = c ∼ 20.35 Å, derived from PND data, displays a saturated moment of 2.17(1) μ B at 9 K and an asynchronous decrease of the in-plane component of the Fe/Mo moment (μ xy), with respect to the out-of-plane moment (μ Z) upon increasing temperature from 9 K up to the Neel temperature, T N ∼ 150 K. No structural transitions were observed over the entire temperature range studied: from 1.5 to 500 K. The temperature-dependent resistivity is consistent with Efros-Shklovskii variable-range hopping, applicable to two ranges of temperature (189K < T < 210 K, and 250 K < T < 280 K), with a metallic-like upturn at ∼280 K and a low room-temperature resistivity (ρ RT ∼ 3 μΩ·cm). A small negative magnetoresistance is observed (∼2.5%) at 5 T near the ordering temperature (∼150 K). The temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility shows an inflection between 125 and 150 K, consistent with the AFM ordering temperature (∼150 K) observed by PND. X-ray near-edge spectroscopy data are consistent with formal charges of Fe 3+ and Mo 5+. These properties are comparable to those found for Sr 3FeMoO 7-δ in our and other laboratories, except for the surprisingly low ρ RT and the asynchronous temperature-dependent changes of μ xy and μ z at higher ordering temperature, which are unique to Sr 3Fe 5/4Mo 3/4O 6.9.
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U2 - 10.1021/cm060482z
DO - 10.1021/cm060482z
M3 - Article
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 18
SP - 3448
EP - 3457
JO - Chemistry of Materials
JF - Chemistry of Materials
IS - 15
ER -